Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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Greg Saunier/Mary Halvorson/Ron Miles

New American Songbooks, Volume 1
1. Top 21 Albums of 2017: Nate Chinen: NPR: NPR Music

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2025 Washington Post
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Films of 2015 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

Alpha Julia Ducournau
A Man on the Inside
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Get Out Jordan Peele
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
The Worst Person in the World Joachim Trier
Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Mother Mary Comes to Me Arundhati Roy
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Sinners Ryan Coogler
What We Can Know Ian McEwan

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